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Conservation
Team |
The
Archive often encounters prints and film-related materials that have been damaged
due to extended neglect. Our Conservation Section is responsible for
restoring those damaged films and providing a sound environment for
our collection's safekeeping. Every incoming film goes through elaborate
examinations and treatments, from cleaning and removing residual chemicals
to, in some instances, processes like restoring colour or striking
new prints. |
Our print of King Hu's The Valiant Ones (1975), for example, was
restored by digitally reinstating faded colour, and the most complete Cantonese
version of Bruce Lee's The Kid (1950) in existence is reconstructed
from different incomplete versions of the film.
The
Valiant Ones |
The
Kid |
Because celluloid doesn't last forever, our conservation efforts are essentially
measures to keep deterioration to the minimum and through duplication to
stable materials we can ensure a copy of high quality continues to exist.
Our vaults are constantly kept at 4oC and 35% relative humidity, so that
prints can be preserved in the most favorable conditions.
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